Is Funk 'n Waffles Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Syracuse, NY)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star, Episode 5

The 'Magical Combos' episode of All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network, aired 2020-08-17, per TheTVDB.com) featured Funk 'n Waffles, a waffle-focused restaurant and live-music venue on South Clinton Street in downtown Syracuse, New York; the episode's own synopsis describes a Syracuse stop built around a whole Thanksgiving feast served inside a waffle. A check of funknwaffles.com on 2026-09-07 found the site carrying a 2026 copyright notice, current weekly hours, and online ordering through ChowNow. A separate Yelp business page for the same address, updated July 2026, lists more than 500 reviews and remains active. A different, older Yelp page for the address is labeled permanently closed, but it appears to be a stale duplicate, since both the current official site and the actively updated Yelp listing show the restaurant still operating at 307-313 South Clinton Street.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 16, Episode 3 Aired December 24, 2012

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Funk 'n Waffles on Syracuse's University Hill in the episode "Far Out" (aired 2012-12-24), where Guy Fieri sampled fried chicken and waffles finished with a hot sauce syrup and the "Jive Turkey," a stuffing waffle topped with smoked turkey, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes. Owner Adam Gold, who also leads the band Sophistafunk, paired the waffle menu with a live-music stage at the original Hill location on South Crouse Avenue. According to This Is CNY, Funk 'n Waffles returned for a second Food Network appearance in a 2025 "Triple D Nation" episode featuring bulgogi and Reuben waffles, and Gold has since opened three Funk 'n Waffles locations, including the downtown Syracuse location now on South Clinton Street.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 23, Episode 16 Aired November 19, 2015

On the 'Ultimate Turkey Fest' compilation special, Guy Fieri revisited Funk 'n Waffles in Syracuse, the savory-waffle shop started by Syracuse University students Kyle Corea and Adam Gold. The clip highlighted the shop's Jive Turkey waffle, a stuffing waffle topped with smoked turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and gravy, one of two savory waffles Fieri sampled on his original visit to the restaurant's Syracuse University Hill location, according to Baked Magazine.